Male octopus injects female with venom

These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After Sex
Animals have evolved many different ways of protecting themselves, from prickly quills and razor-sharp teeth to clever camouflage and sturdy shells. Now, scientists have discovered a surprising new technique that appears to be a defense mechanism: Some male octopuses use venom to avoid being eaten by their female mates.
Electric blue octopuses use potent venom to get females to mate — and not eat them
Blue-lined octopuses are from a group of venomous octopuses that look plain in color until they are threatened, at which time their bodies flare with electric blue lines to ward off potential threats,
To Avoid Becoming a Meal, These Male Octopuses Sedate Their Mates
Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.
Octopuses Use Venom for Safe Sex, Biologists Reveal
"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.
Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from one of nature’s most potent venoms
Male Blue-lined Octopuses Use Venom To Stop Sexual Partners Eating Them
Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the usual reasons of defense against predators and subduing prey. Killing the females would be counterproductive,
Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners, observations suggest 1. Blue-lined octopuses ( Hapalochlaena fasciata) have paralysing venom that can kill a human. Females also have large appetites and are twice the size of males, making sex a risky business.
Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack
While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and their soon-to-be hundreds of gestating offspring. This practice is especially common in animals exhibiting female sexual dimorphism,
Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find
Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. The male octopus of this species precisely injects a dose of its deadly tetrodotoxin venom into the females to immobilise them during copulation,
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Revealed: the toxic sex life of the blue-lined octopus
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
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